The speaker’s race already has been a free-for-all for months, but it opened wider than ever tonight as word spread about Craddick’s decision. Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Southlake, has joined the race, Tarrant County District Clerk Tom Wilder said."If Vicki Truitt were elected, she would the first female Speaker of the House in the history of Texas," Wilder said. "Many of us locally stand behind Vicki in this effort."
Truitt is currently serving her fifth term and is the current chairwoman of the Committee on Pensions and Investments, and she is a member of the House Committee on Public Health.
"A lot of Republican voters will like Vick’s strong conservative record, and she has quite a bit more experience than Rep. Straus on important committees," Wilder said.
I find this a little hard to believe. To say the least. If it did happen, when did she file? And, why?
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Are you kidding? Truitt skirted the law by giving her husband $92,000 to buy a condo using her donors money.
And yet she wiggled out of it. See
http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/2008/10/ethics-commission-clears-rep-vicki.html
Yeah, I know, but not just that. Straus laid out 85 names. So, what's this about? Oh, let me guess. The R's are in a panic over the D's picking the speaker!
There are 65 names not on Straus' list and all but four of them are R's.
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